Washington Building Permits
Mandatory state code; local City/County enforcement.
How Building Permits Work in Washington
The state provides a mandatory code through the State Building Code Council but stays out of the administrative permitting process. Washington law delegates the responsibility for plan review, permit issuance, and inspections entirely to local city and county governments.
Model: State-Mandated
264 jurisdictions with permitting contact information.
Counties (39)
Adams County, WAAsotin County, WABenton County, WAChelan County, WAClallam County, WAClark County, WAColumbia County, WACowlitz County, WADouglas County, WAFerry County, WAFranklin County, WAGarfield County, WAGrant County, WAGrays Harbor County, WAIsland County, WAJefferson County, WAKing County, WAKitsap County, WAKittitas County, WAKlickitat County, WALewis County, WALincoln County, WAMason County, WAOkanogan County, WAPacific County, WAPend Oreille County, WAPierce County, WASan Juan County, WASkagit County, WASkamania County, WASnohomish County, WASpokane County, WAStevens County, WAThurston County, WAWahkiakum County, WAWalla Walla County, WAWhatcom County, WAWhitman County, WAYakima County, WA
Cities (225)
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Bainbridge Island, WA(Kitsap County)Battle Ground, WA(Clark County)Beaux Arts, WA(King County)Belfair, WA(Mason County)Bellevue, WA(King County)Bellingham, WA(Whatcom County)Benton, WA(Benton County)Bingen, WA(Klickitat County)Black Diamond, WA(King County)Blaine, WA(Whatcom County)Bonney Lake, WA(Pierce County)Bothell, WA(King County)Bremerton, WA(Kitsap County)Brewster, WA(Okanogan County)Brier, WA(Snohomish County)Browns Point, WA(Pierce County)Buckley, WA(Pierce County)Burien, WA(King County)Burlington, WA(Skagit County)
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Camas, WA(Clark County)Carbonado, WA(Pierce County)Carnation, WA(King County)Castle Rock, WA(Cowlitz County)Cathlamet, WA(Wahkiakum County)Centralia, WA(Lewis County)Chehalis, WA(Lewis County)Chelan, WA(Chelan County)Cheney, WA(Spokane County)Chewelah, WA(Stevens County)Clarkston, WA(Asotin County)Cle Elum, WA(Kittitas County)Clyde Hill, WA(King County)Colfax, WA(Whitman County)College Place, WA(Walla Walla County)Colton, WA(Whitman County)Colville, WA(Stevens County)Concrete, WA(Skagit County)Connell, WA(Franklin County)Cosmopolis, WA(Grays Harbor County)Coulee Dam, WA(Okanogan County)Coulee, WA(Grant County)Covington, WA(King County)Cusick, WA(Pend Oreille County)
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East Wenatchee, WA(Douglas County)Eatonville, WA(Pierce County)Edgewood, WA(Pierce County)Edmonds, WA(Snohomish County)Electric, WAEllensburg, WA(Kittitas County)Elma, WA(Grays Harbor County)Entiat, WA(Chelan County)Enumclaw, WA(King County)Ephrata, WA(Grant County)Everett, WA(Snohomish County)Everson, WA(Whatcom County)
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La Center, WA(Clark County)La Conner, WA(Skagit County)Lacey, WA(Thurston County)Lake Forest Park, WA(King County)Lake Stevens, WA(Snohomish County)Lakewood, WA(Pierce County)Langley, WA(Island County)Leavenworth, WA(Chelan County)Liberty Lake, WA(Spokane County)Long Beach, WA(Pacific County)Longview, WA(Cowlitz County)Lyman, WA(Skagit County)Lynden, WA(Whatcom County)Lynnwood, WA(Snohomish County)
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Mabton, WA(Yakima County)Mansfield, WA(Douglas County)Maple Valley, WA(King County)Marysville, WA(Snohomish County)Mattawa, WA(Grant County)McCleary, WA(Grays Harbor County)Medical Lake, WA(Spokane County)Medina, WA(King County)Mercer Island, WA(King County)Mill Creek, WA(Snohomish County)Millwood, WA(Spokane County)Milton, WA(Pierce County)Montesano, WA(Grays Harbor County)Mossyrock, WA(Lewis County)Mount Vernon, WA(Skagit County)Mountlake Terrace, WA(Snohomish County)Moxee, WA(Yakima County)Mukilteo, WA(Snohomish County)
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Pacific, WA(King County)Pasco, WA(Franklin County)Pateros, WA(Okanogan County)Pomeroy, WA(Garfield County)Port Angeles, WA(Clallam County)Port Orchard, WA(Kitsap County)Port Townsend, WA(Jefferson County)Poulsbo, WA(Kitsap County)Prosser, WA(Benton County)Pullman, WA(Whitman County)Puyallup, WA(Pierce County)
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Rainier, WA(Thurston County)Raymond, WA(Pacific County)Redmond, WA(King County)Renton, WA(King County)Republic, WA(Ferry County)Ridgefield, WA(Clark County)Ritzville, WA(Adams County)Rock Island, WA(Douglas County)Rockford, WA(Spokane County)Roslyn, WA(Kittitas County)Roy, WA(Pierce County)Royal, WA(Grant County)Ruston, WA(Pierce County)
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Sammamish, WA(King County)Seattle, WA(King County)Sedro-Woolley, WA(Skagit County)Selah, WA(Yakima County)Sequim, WA(Clallam County)Shelton, WA(Mason County)Silverdale, WA(Kitsap County)Snohomish, WA(Snohomish County)Snoqualmie, WA(King County)Soap Lake, WA(Grant County)South Bend, WA(Pacific County)South Cle Elum, WA(Kittitas County)South Hill, WA(Pierce County)Spanaway, WA(Pierce County)Spangle, WA(Spokane County)Spokane Valley, WA(Spokane County)Spokane, WA(Spokane County)Sprague, WA(Lincoln County)Stanwood, WA(Snohomish County)Steilacoom, WA(Pierce County)Stevenson, WA(Skamania County)Sultan, WA(Snohomish County)Sumas, WA(Whatcom County)Sumner, WA(Pierce County)Sunnyside, WA(Yakima County)
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Waitsburg, WA(Walla Walla County)Wapato, WA(Yakima County)Warden, WA(Grant County)Washougal, WA(Clark County)Washtucna, WA(Adams County)Waterville, WA(Douglas County)West Richland, WA(Benton County)Westport, WA(Grays Harbor County)White Salmon, WA(Klickitat County)Wilbur, WA(Lincoln County)Wilson Creek, WA(Grant County)Winlock, WA(Lewis County)Winthrop, WA(Okanogan County)Woodinville, WA(King County)Woodland, WA(Cowlitz County)Woodway, WA(Snohomish County)
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Other Jurisdictions (414)
These places either do not issue building permits directly, or we have no permit office on record for them. Enter your project address to find the correct permitting authority.
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Aberdeen Gardens, WA(Grays Harbor County)Acme, WA(Whatcom County)Addy, WA(Stevens County)Ahtanum, WA(Yakima County)Albion, WA(Whitman County)Alder, WA(Pierce County)Alderton, WA(Pierce County)Alderwood Manor, WA(Snohomish County)Alger, WA(Skagit County)Allyn, WA(Mason County)Almira, WA(Lincoln County)Altoona, WA(Wahkiakum County)Amanda Park, WA(Grays Harbor County)Amboy, WA(Clark County)Ames Lake, WA(King County)Anatone, WA(Asotin County)and Country, WAArlington Heights, WA(Snohomish County)Artondale, WA(Pierce County)Ashford, WA(Pierce County)
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Bangor Base, WA(Kitsap County)Banks Lake South, WA(Grant County)Barberton, WA(Clark County)Baring, WA(King County)Barney's Junction, WA(Ferry County)Barstow, WA(Ferry County)Basin, WA(Franklin County)Bay Center, WA(Pacific County)Bay View, WA(Skagit County)Beacon Hill, WA(King County)Bell Hill, WA(Clallam County)Bethel, WA(Kitsap County)Beverly, WA(Grant County)Bickleton, WA(Klickitat County)Big Lake, WA(Skagit County)Birch Bay, WA(Whatcom County)Blyn, WA(Clallam County)Bothell East, WA(Snohomish County)Bothell West, WA(Snohomish County)Boulevard Park, WA(Whatcom County)Bow, WA(Skagit County)Boyds, WA(Ferry County)Brady, WA(Grays Harbor County)Bridgeport, WA(Douglas County)Brinnon, WA(Jefferson County)Brush Prairie, WA(Clark County)Bryant, WA(Snohomish County)Bryn Mawr-Skyway, WA(King County)Bucoda, WA(Thurston County)Buena, WA(Yakima County)Bunk Foss, WA(Snohomish County)Burbank, WA(Walla Walla County)Burley, WA(Kitsap County)
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Camano, WA(Island County)Canterwood, WA(Pierce County)Canyon Creek, WA(Snohomish County)Carlsborg, WA(Clallam County)Carson, WA(Skamania County)Cascade Valley, WA(Grant County)Cashmere, WA(Chelan County)Cathcart, WA(Snohomish County)Cavalero, WA(Snohomish County)Centerville, WA(Klickitat County)Central Park, WA(Grays Harbor County)Chain Lake, WA(Snohomish County)Chelan Falls, WA(Chelan County)Cherry Grove, WA(Clark County)Chico, WA(Kitsap County)Chinook, WA(Pacific County)Clallam Bay, WA(Clallam County)Clarkston Heights-Vineland, WA(Asotin County)Clayton, WA(Stevens County)Clear Lake (Pierce County), WA(Pierce County)Clear Lake (Skagit County), WA(Skagit County)Clearview, WA(Snohomish County)Cliffdell, WA(Yakima County)Clinton, WA(Island County)Clover Creek, WA(Pierce County)Cohassett Beach, WA(Grays Harbor County)Conconully, WA(Okanogan County)Conway, WA(Skagit County)Copalis Beach, WA(Grays Harbor County)Cottage Lake, WA(King County)Cougar, WA(Cowlitz County)Country Homes, WA(Spokane County)Coupeville, WA(Island County)Cowiche, WA(Yakima County)Crescent Bar, WA(Grant County)Creston, WA(Lincoln County)Crocker, WA(Pierce County)Curlew Lake, WA(Ferry County)Curlew, WA(Ferry County)Custer, WA(Whatcom County)
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Dallesport, WA(Klickitat County)Danville, WA(Ferry County)Dash Point, WA(Pierce County)Dayton, WA(Columbia County)Deep River, WA(Wahkiakum County)Deming, WA(Whatcom County)Desert Aire, WA(Grant County)Disautel, WA(Okanogan County)Dixie, WA(Walla Walla County)Dollars Corner, WA(Clark County)Donald, WA(Yakima County)Duluth, WA(Clark County)
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East Cathlamet, WA(Wahkiakum County)East Port Orchard, WA(Kitsap County)East Renton Highlands, WA(King County)Eastmont, WA(Snohomish County)Easton, WA(Kittitas County)Edison, WA(Skagit County)Elbe, WA(Pierce County)Elk Plain, WA(Pierce County)Elmer, WA(Okanogan County)Endicott, WA(Whitman County)Enetai, WA(Kitsap County)Erlands Point, WA(Kitsap County)Eschbach, WA(Yakima County)Esperance, WA(Snohomish County)
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Fairchild AFB, WA(Spokane County)Fairwood (King County), WA(King County)Fairwood (Spokane County), WA(Spokane County)Fall, WAFarmington, WA(Whitman County)Felida, WA(Clark County)Fern Prairie, WA(Clark County)Fife Heights, WA(Pierce County)Finley, WA(Benton County)Five Corners, WA(Clark County)Fobes Hill, WA(Snohomish County)Fords Prairie, WA(Lewis County)Fort Lewis, WA(Pierce County)Four Lakes, WA(Spokane County)Fox Island, WA(Pierce County)Frederickson, WA(Pierce County)Freeland, WA(Island County)
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Garfield, WA(Whitman County)Garrett, WA(Walla Walla County)Geneva, WA(Whatcom County)Glacier, WA(Whatcom County)Gleed, WA(Yakima County)Glenwood, WA(Klickitat County)Gorst, WA(Kitsap County)Graham, WA(Pierce County)Grand Mound, WA(Thurston County)Grandview, WA(Yakima County)Granger, WA(Yakima County)Grapeview, WA(Mason County)Grayland, WA(Grays Harbor County)Grays River, WA(Wahkiakum County)Green Bluff, WA(Spokane County)Greenwater, WA(Pierce County)
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Hansville, WA(Kitsap County)Harrah, WA(Yakima County)Harrington, WA(Lincoln County)Hartline, WA(Grant County)Hat Island, WA(Snohomish County)Hatton, WA(Adams County)Hazel Dell, WA(Clark County)Herron Island, WA(Pierce County)High Bridge, WA(Snohomish County)Hobart, WA(King County)Hockinson, WA(Clark County)Hogans Corner, WA(Grays Harbor County)Home, WA(Pierce County)Hoodsport, WA(Mason County)Humptulips, WA(Grays Harbor County)
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Kahlotus, WA(Franklin County)Kapowsin, WA(Pierce County)Kayak Point, WA(Snohomish County)Keller, WA(Ferry County)Kendall, WA(Whatcom County)Kenmore, WA(King County)Kennewick, WA(Benton County)Kent, WA(King County)Ketron Island, WA(Pierce County)Key Center, WA(Pierce County)Keyport, WA(Kitsap County)Kingston, WA(Kitsap County)Kitsap Lake, WA(Kitsap County)Klickitat, WA(Klickitat County)Krupp, WA(Grant County)
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La Grande, WA(Pierce County)LaCrosse, WA(Whitman County)Lake Bosworth, WA(Snohomish County)Lake Cassidy, WA(Snohomish County)Lake Cavanaugh, WA(Skagit County)Lake Goodwin, WA(Snohomish County)Lake Holm, WA(King County)Lake Ketchum, WA(Snohomish County)Lake Marcel-Stillwater, WA(King County)Lake McMurray, WA(Skagit County)Lake Morton-Berrydale, WA(King County)Lake Roesiger, WA(Snohomish County)Lake Shore, WA(Clark County)Lake Stickney, WA(Snohomish County)Lake Tapps, WA(Pierce County)Lakeland North, WA(King County)Lakeland South, WA(King County)Lakeview, WA(Grant County)Lamont, WA(Whitman County)Larch Way, WA(Snohomish County)Latah, WA(Spokane County)Laurier, WA(Ferry County)Lebam, WA(Pacific County)Lewisville, WA(Clark County)Lexington, WA(Cowlitz County)Lind, WA(Adams County)Lochsloy, WA(Snohomish County)Lofall, WA(Kitsap County)Longbranch, WA(Pierce County)Longview Heights, WA(Cowlitz County)Loomis, WA(Okanogan County)Loon Lake, WA(Stevens County)Lower Elochoman, WA(Wahkiakum County)Lyle, WA(Klickitat County)
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Machias, WA(Snohomish County)Malden, WA(Whitman County)Malo, WA(Ferry County)Malone, WA(Grays Harbor County)Malott, WA(Okanogan County)Maltby, WA(Snohomish County)Manchester, WA(Kitsap County)Manson, WA(Chelan County)Maple Falls, WA(Whatcom County)Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA(King County)Maplewood, WA(King County)Marblemount, WA(Skagit County)Marcus, WA(Stevens County)Marietta-Alderwood, WA(Whatcom County)Marine View, WA(Grant County)Markham, WA(Grays Harbor County)Marrowstone, WA(Jefferson County)Martha Lake, WA(Snohomish County)Maryhill, WA(Klickitat County)May Creek, WA(Snohomish County)McChord AFB, WA(Pierce County)McKenna, WA(Pierce County)McMillin, WA(Pierce County)Mead, WA(Spokane County)Meadow Glade, WA(Clark County)Meadowdale, WA(Kitsap County)Mesa, WA(Franklin County)Metaline Falls, WA(Pend Oreille County)Metaline, WA(Pend Oreille County)Methow, WA(Okanogan County)Midland, WA(Pierce County)Mill Creek East, WA(Snohomish County)Mineral, WA(Lewis County)Minnehaha, WA(Clark County)Mirrormont, WA(King County)Moclips, WA(Grays Harbor County)Monroe North, WA(Snohomish County)Monroe, WA(Snohomish County)Morton, WA(Lewis County)Moses Lake North, WA(Grant County)Moses Lake, WA(Grant County)Mount Vista, WA(Clark County)
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Naselle, WA(Pacific County)Navy Yard, WANeah Bay, WA(Clallam County)Neilton, WA(Grays Harbor County)Nespelem Community, WA(Okanogan County)Nespelem, WA(Okanogan County)Nile, WA(Yakima County)Nisqually Indian Community, WA(Pierce County)North Fort Lewis, WA(Pierce County)North Lynnwood, WA(Snohomish County)North Omak, WA(Okanogan County)North Puyallup, WA(Pierce County)North Sultan, WA(Snohomish County)North Yelm, WA(Thurston County)Northport, WA(Stevens County)Northwest Stanwood, WA(Snohomish County)
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Oakesdale, WA(Whitman County)Ocean Park, WA(Pacific County)Ocean, WA(Grays Harbor County)Ocosta, WA(Grays Harbor County)Odessa, WA(Lincoln County)Onalaska, WA(Lewis County)Orchards, WA(Clark County)Orient, WA(Ferry County)Orting, WA(Pierce County)Oso, WA(Snohomish County)Otis Orchards-East Farms, WA(Spokane County)Outlook, WA(Yakima County)Oyehut, WA(Grays Harbor County)
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Pacific Beach, WA(Grays Harbor County)Packwood, WA(Lewis County)Palouse, WA(Whitman County)Parker, WA(Yakima County)Parkland, WA(Pierce County)Parkwood, WA(Kitsap County)Pataha, WA(Garfield County)Pe Ell, WA(Lewis County)Peaceful Valley, WA(Whatcom County)Picnic Point, WA(Snohomish County)Pine Grove, WA(Ferry County)Point Roberts, WA(Whatcom County)Port Angeles East, WA(Clallam County)Port Gamble Tribal Community, WA(Kitsap County)Port Hadlock-Irondale, WA(Jefferson County)Port Ludlow, WA(Jefferson County)Porter, WA(Grays Harbor County)Prairie Heights, WA(Pierce County)Prairie Ridge, WA(Pierce County)Prescott, WA(Walla Walla County)Puget Island, WA(Wahkiakum County)Purdy, WA(Pierce County)
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Raft Island, WA(Pierce County)Ravensdale, WA(King County)Reardan, WA(Lincoln County)Richland, WA(Benton County)River Road, WA(Clallam County)Riverbend, WA(King County)Riverpoint, WA(King County)Riverside, WA(Okanogan County)Roche Harbor, WA(San Juan County)Rochester, WA(Thurston County)Rockport, WA(Skagit County)Rocky Point, WA(Kitsap County)Ronald, WA(Kittitas County)Roosevelt, WA(Klickitat County)Rosalia, WA(Whitman County)Rosburg, WA(Wahkiakum County)Rosedale, WA(Pierce County)Ryderwood, WA(Cowlitz County)
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Salmon Creek, WA(Clark County)Santiago, WA(Grays Harbor County)Satsop, WA(Grays Harbor County)Schwana, WA(Grant County)Seabeck, WA(Kitsap County)SeaTac, WA(King County)Sekiu, WA(Clallam County)Shadow Lake, WA(King County)Shoreline, WA(King County)Silvana, WA(Snohomish County)Silver Firs, WA(Snohomish County)Sisco Heights, WA(Snohomish County)Skamokawa Valley, WA(Wahkiakum County)Skokomish, WA(Mason County)Skykomish, WA(King County)Snoqualmie Pass, WA(Kittitas County)South Creek, WA(Pierce County)South Prairie, WA(Pierce County)South Wenatchee, WA(Chelan County)Southworth, WA(Kitsap County)Springdale, WA(Stevens County)St. John, WA(Whitman County)Stansberry Lake, WA(Pierce County)Starbuck, WA(Columbia County)Startup, WA(Snohomish County)Steptoe, WA(Whitman County)Sudden Valley, WA(Whatcom County)Summit View, WA(Pierce County)Summit, WA(Pierce County)Summitview, WA(Yakima County)Suncrest, WA(Stevens County)Sunday Lake, WA(Snohomish County)Sunland Estates, WA(Grant County)Sunnyslope, WA(Chelan County)Suquamish, WA(Kitsap County)Swede Heaven, WA(Snohomish County)
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Taholah, WA(Grays Harbor County)Tampico, WA(Yakima County)Tanglewilde, WA(Thurston County)Tehaleh, WA(Pierce County)Terrace Heights, WA(Yakima County)Thorp, WA(Kittitas County)Three Lakes, WA(Snohomish County)Tokeland, WA(Pacific County)Torboy, WA(Ferry County)Touchet, WA(Walla Walla County)Tracyton, WA(Kitsap County)Trout Lake, WA(Klickitat County)Tumwater, WA(Thurston County)Twin Lakes, WA(Ferry County)
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Walla Walla East, WA(Walla Walla County)Walla Walla, WA(Walla Walla County)Waller, WA(Pierce County)Wallula, WA(Walla Walla County)Warm Beach, WA(Snohomish County)Wauna, WA(Pierce County)Waverly, WA(Spokane County)Wenatchee, WA(Chelan County)West Clarkston-Highland, WA(Asotin County)West Pasco, WA(Franklin County)Wheeler, WA(Grant County)Whidbey Island Station, WA(Island County)White Center, WA(King County)White Swan, WA(Yakima County)Wilderness Rim, WA(King County)Wilkeson, WA(Pierce County)Willapa, WA(Pacific County)Wishram, WA(Klickitat County)Wollochet, WA(Pierce County)Woods Creek, WA(Snohomish County)